Shooting Animals – My Top Ten in 2015
I’m not sure about you, but I like shooting animals – and yes, just for the fun of it. Bears, deer, elk, bison are my common targets, sometimes I’ll find a beaver or muskrat. Birds are a huge problem so far, as they are fast-moving and the unpredictable nature makes…
The Night Skies of Elk Island
Finally, I’ve been able to get out and get some (what I think) good photos of the night skies at Elk Island National Park, in Alberta. I’ve managed to capture some of the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights), some of the banding of the Milky Way galaxy and of course, a…
Sun Spot 2403
During the last week of August, 2015, many parts of Alberta were under a thick blanket of smoke from the forest fires in the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Although miserable for night sky photography, the thick blanket of smoke offered a built-in ‘filter’ for photographing the sun, and I managed to…
Learning Astrophotography
As I learn more about my Nikon camera, and experiment with the settings, my photography skills keep improving. Here is a night sky photo that I’m quite happy with. I’ve captured the starry night sky, and at the same time, the trees in the foreground are lit red from the…
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